Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, well known as city of fine muslin, mosques and rickshaws has a fairly long history of evolution. Before it rose into prominence as Mughal capital of Bengal in 17th century and urban & commercial centre, it was under the Sultanates from 14 century. It came under British control in 1757. Dhaka with passage of time testify different faces of history. Photographs and digital archives are the most effective ways that can keep visual records of its colourful history.

Thursday, December 30, 2010

winter 'Pitha' in posh outlet'Dhakabasis' celebrate 400 years of founding of the city by Islam khanstreetside 'bhapa and chitoi pitha' (rice cakes) stallView of Sir Salimullah Medical College & Mitford hosp from bridgePaddled steamer at Badamtali ghatBuringonga river(Pics below are from print media)Tense moment before declaration of exam resultStudents Viqarunnessa School and College, Dhaka rejoice over their success rate

13,96,599 students sat for the Junior School Certificate and Junior Dakhil Certificate exam from eight education boards and the madrasa education board and 10,20,047 passed the examinations. 71.34 percent candidates in Junior School Certificate (JSC) examinations and 81.03 percent in Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations have passed.

In the Terminal Exam (Class V) 17,91,651 students appeared and the success rate is 92.34%

Commodity price remain high:

Fine rice like Paijam and Nazirshail being sold at Tk.45-48/- p.kg while the IRRI coarse variety at Tk.33-34/-p.kg. Sugar selling Tk 52-54/-p.kg. Loose Soybean oil sold at Tk.105/- p.kg while Palm at Tk.92/-.

The Berlin-based international corruption watchdog’s 'Bangladesh chapter' in their household survey report said about 88 per cent of people seeking help from the judiciary were in one way or the other made victims of corruption that increased by 40.3 per cent over three years.

The TIB in its latest survey, conducted on 6,000 households, found that of the people who approached the judiciary for services between June 2009 and May this year, a staggering 88 percent faced corruption and harassment. About 11 percent of the surveyed households that received services from the judiciary paid on average Tk 7,918 bribe each.

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Every winter huge gathering of migratory birds are cited at different streams and lakes in the country. In Dhaka, besides the lakes of Dhaka Zoo at Mirpur, the three lakes of Jahangir Nagar University campus, Savar are a popular place for public viewing of guest birds. Birds arrive in the campus lakes from November and remain until March. This year till to date, the number of guest birds are only few. In fact their numbers were dwindling since last few years. It is said that large scale felling of trees in the campus, new construction, over-fishing of the lakes and spraying of insecticides have caused uncongenial environment and habitat for the migratory birds- the reason behind the decline of birds.

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